The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 46, 582-583, Copyright © 1988 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
A new pericardial sucker: Omni sucker for better aspiration of intrapericardial blood
Y Hosoda, K Kudoh, Y Hirooka and M Watanabe
Department of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, Juntendo Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
The Omni sucker was designed and made from foam silicone sheet to obtain
maximum collection of blood and crystalloid solution in the pericardium and
to return blood and crystalloid solution into the cardiopulmonary bypass
circuit during open-heart surgery. Wall suction use was minimized so that
the least amount of blood was discarded during cardiopulmonary bypass.